Stovepipe attachment



(No Model.)

F. SCHMIDT. STOVEPIPE ATTACHMENT.

Patented May l30, 1893.

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M I l UNITEDy STATESY PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK SCHMIDT, OF BARABOO, WISCONSIN.

STOVEPIPE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,310, dated May 30,1893.

Application tiled January 16, 1893. Serial No. 458,595. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baraboo, in the county of Sauk and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new. and useful Improvements in Stovepipe Attachments;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable oth ers skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of devices whichare attached to the smoke pipe of a heating stove for utilizing thesmoke and particles of combustion for further heating a room orapartment after they have been let into the smoke pipe for nal dischargeinto the chimney or stack, and among other things the invention has ,forits object to provide a construction which will be no disligurement to aroom in which it is placed, and which may be cheaply made so as togetthe greatest possible heating surface out of a cert-ain amount ofmaterial, and may be attached to and removed from a smoke pipe such asatpresent in use.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following descriptionand claims when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which-Figure l, is a front elevation of my improved attachment connected to astove and stove pipe. Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the same with partsin section, and Fig. 3, is a detail section illustrating a modifiedconstruction.

Referring by letter to said drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1,and 2,thereof:- A, indicates a heating stove, which may be of anyapproved construction, and B, indicates my improved attachment which isprovided with a vertical pipe section O, designed to engage the collarflange a, of the stove, as illus- ,trated This pipe section O, isprovided at an intermediate point in its length wit-h a damper c, for apurpose presently described, and it is connected by a sleeve or union d,with an ordinary stove pipe b, as illustrated.

The pipe section O, and the sleeve or union d, form parts of my improvedattachment, and through the medium of the same the attachment may bequickly and conveniently connected to a stove and stove pipe without theemployment of skilled labor, which is au important desideratum.

My improved attachment B, comprises in addition to the pipe section O,and the sleeve or union d, just described, the vertical or approximatelyvertical pipe sections c, which lead from the sleeve d, to a pointadjacent to the .iioor upon which the stove stands, the short verticalsections f, which are connected by elbows or the like, with the sectionse, the short vertical sections g, connected with the sections f, thesections h, which are connected with the lower ends of the sections g,and are pitched in the direction of the stove, and the lateral sectionsi', which are connected with the sections h, and are let into thesection C, below the damper c, as shown. By this construction it will bereadily perceived that when the damper c, of the pipe B, is closed, thesmoke and particles of combustion will take from the pipe O, through thesections e, f, g, h, and i, of my improved attachment, and the heat ofthe same will be radiated into the room before they are allowed toescape up the pipe B.

By reason of the sections of my improved attachment, being arranged inthe circuitous manner described, it will be seen that a very largeradiating surface is afforded, and that the heat will be entirelyremoved from the smoke and particles of combustion before the same arepermitted to escape up the pipe B, and the chimney. Thus the liabilityof any sparks escaping from the stove into the chimney and setting fireto the same, is oloviated.

In order to facilitate the removal of soot and other sediment from myimproved attachment, I provide the several elbows which connect thesections e, f, g, and h, with openings in theirunder sides. Theseopenings are preferably surrounded by flanges, and they are normallyclosed by caps D, which may be readily removed when it is desired toclean the attachment. Thus the attachment may be kept free from soot andother sediment which tend to retard the draft.

In the practice of my invention, I prefer when a tire is first startedin the stove, to open the damper c, so as to secure'a strong draft, butwhen the fire has gained headway, the damper is closed so as to conductthe smoke ICO and particles of combustion through my improved attachmentfor the purpose described.

In Fig. 3, of the drawings,ll1ave illustrated a modified construction ofunion d', which I prefer to use in some cases instead of the union d,before described. This union CZ', whichalso servesas a drum, is providedin its bottom with two openings fr, which are su rrounded by flanges forthe engagement of the pipe sections C, e, as shown; and the said unionis also provided at its upper end which is reduced in diameter as shown,with a ange to receive the pipe or uptake b.

The use of the union and drum d', is preferable when a very high heat isdesired, as it has a very large radiating surface, and therefore servesto remove any heat from the smoke and particles that may remain in thesame after they have passed through the pipe sections e, f, g, 71, andi.

It will be seen from the foregoing description taken in connection withthe drawings that my improved attachment is exceedingly cheap andsimple; that it may be readily con nected to any ordinary stove andstove pipe by a novice and that by its use a saving of fuel may beeected, inasmuch as all of the heat from the tire is thrown into theroom instead of'going np the chimney.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination witha stove and a stove pipe b of theradiatingattaclim ent comprising thepipe section C, connected to the stove and provided with a damper, theunion connecting the pipe section C, and the pipe b, the pipe sectionse, connected to the union, the pipe sections t', let into the section C,at a point below the damper, the pipe sections f, g, and h, joints orelbows connecting the lower ends of the sections f, to the sections c,and the lower ends of the sections g, to the sections h, and havingflanged openings for the discharge of soot and the like, and capsnormally closing the said openings of the joints or caps, substantiallyas specified.

2. The combination with astove and a stove pipe b, ot' the radiatingattachment comprising the pipe section C, connected to the stove andprovided with a damper, the union and drinn connecting the pipe sectionC, and the pipe Z), and having apertures in its bottom, surrounded byflanges for the engagement of the pipe sections C, and e, and alsohaving its up per end reduced to receive the pipe b, the said pipesections e, the pipe sections i, let into the section C, at a pointbelow the damper and the pipe sections f, g, and h, connected togetherand to the sections e, and t', and arranged in a circuitous mannerbetween said sections, all substantially as specilied.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK SCHMIDT.

Witnesses:

HERMAN GRoToPHoRsT, J. H. GRoToPHonsT.

